Its been a while... We just converted from a Progress Database to SQL and we are noticing that the log files are growing like crazy. No one here has any previous experience with SQL as we are ...

Overgrown transactional log files can turn into real problems if they are not handled properly. Today SQL Server consultant Tim Chapman discusses the perils of not handling SQL Server log growth ...

SQL Server, of course, keeps track of everything that affects data in a transaction log, which is periodically rolled over into backup files (at least, if you're being a conscientious DBA it is ...

I have visions of regularly dumping and clearing Windows event logs and storing them in the medium-long term in a SQL database.Why? So I can query them -"Show me all previous occurances of this ...

Delayed durability offers something that many SQL Server professionals have wanted for years-the ability to disable transaction logging. Why turn off the transaction log? You can accelerate ...

The obvious examples include Windows Server logs, Exchange application logs, SQL logs, logs from any ODBC-compliant database (such as Oracle, IBM DB2, Informix and MySQL) and any ASCII-based .TXT ...

ChaosSearch adds support for SQL to a log analytics platform that stores data natively in object-based storage systems in the cloud.

SQL Server, of course, keeps track of everything that affects data in a transaction log, which is periodically rolled over into backup files (at least, if you're being a conscientious DBA it is). But ...